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Element Scavenger Hunt
In this elements, activity, students use the periodical table to determine the origin of the element names such as elements named after countries, people, colors and towns. This activity has 71 fill in the blank questions and 1 short...
Virginia Department of Education
Atomic Structure: Elements
It's all relevant, really. Individuals use the scientific method to learn more about elements, atoms, and their placement on the periodic table. They conduct experiments using materials common in nature to explore how elements affect our...
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Chemical Properties Investigation
This lesson demonstrates differentiated instruction at its best. Over the course of 2-3 class periods, young chemists have the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of metals and their chemical properties from a variety of...
NASA
Atoms, Elements, and Isotopes
Rings and golden nuggets contain the element gold, but how small can you break it down before it is no longer considered gold? A helpful presentation explains the basics about atoms, elements, and isotopes through a presentation.
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Physical Science Reference Sheet
Need a quick reference sheet for a physical science class? A helpful single-page sheet contains the periodic table of elements, a chart of metric prefixes, a display of the electromagnetic spectrum, and several physical science...
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Anatomy of an Element
Learners discuss matter and atoms using this resource. First, they look at a website describing atoms. Then, they learn about the periodic table and discuss how it is organized. Finally, they create a comic strip to display their...
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Countdown Challenge
In this countdown challenge learning exercise, students find the 10 common elements from the human body, earth's crust, and ancient times and color code them. Students fill the atomic number of the elements in a given periodic table.
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The Periodic Table of Elements
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Periodic Table of Elements. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
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The Periodic Table
In this periodic table worksheet, students complete a paragraph containing facts about the periodic table by filling in 18 terms from a word list.
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Amazing Carbon
Explore carbon and bonding with this worksheet. First, class members read a short excerpt about carbon and its characteristics. In response to the reading, they draw an electron dot diagram of carbon as well as diagrams of compounds...
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2005 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad - Local Section Exam
National Chemistry Olympiad tests are released after their use each year, since they cannot use them again for this event. The result: outstanding comprehensive assessment resources for general chemistry classes! This 2005 version covers...
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Bank On It! Compounds and Elements
For this science worksheet, students use words from a word bank to fill in 25 blanks in a cloze story about compounds and elements.
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Properties of Elements
Eighth graders explore information about the periodic table of elements. Using the Internet, 8th graders choose one element to research. They complete an "Adopt and Element" information sheet. Using Microsoft Word, students create an...
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Periodic Properties Lab
Learners investigate the periodic properties of elements in the periodic table. In this periodic properties lesson plan, students experiment with elements from the Alkaline Earth Metals, the Halogens, the Transition Metals, and for extra...
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Periodic Table
For this periodic table and elements worksheet, students review valence electrons, octet rule, oxidation number, and the difference between metals and non-metals on the periodic table. This worksheet has 5 matching, 20 fill in the blank,...
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Patterns in Properties (of elements and compounds)
For this element properties worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 91 questions related to properties of elements and compounds.
National Institute of Open Schooling
p-Block Elements and Their Compounds – I
Lesson 21 in a series of 36 specifically focuses on elements and their compounds from groups 13, 14, and 15 on the periodic table — including boron, carbon, aluminum, silicon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Classes learn how some of these...
NASA
Development of a Model: Analyzing Elemental Abundance
How do scientists identify which elements originate from meteorites? Scholars learn about a sample of material found in a remote location, analyzing the sample to determine if it might be from Earth or not. They study elements, isotopes,...
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The Elements
Students watch video, The Elements, research information about elements using both the Internet and CD-ROM program, and create atoms out of gumdrops and licorice.
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Elements
Learners explore the periodic table. In this Chemistry lesson plan, students will review how Mendeleyev predicted the missing elements in the periodic table. The learners will then be assigned one of the missing elements to research...
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The Periodic Table
Students research an assigned element using the library, an encyclopedia, the Internet and other appropriate resources in order to write a research paper, a project, and an oral presentation.
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Periodic Table of the Elements
Students experiment with transition metals. In this transition metals lesson plan students find the common properties of transition metals and conduct an experiment using one of them. Students then answer questions regarding...
Creative Chemistry
Melting Points of Elements in Period 3
For this elements worksheet, students use a data table to graph the elements and their melting points. Students have eight elements to graph.
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Essential Elements
A color-coded periodic table identifies organic elements, major minerals, and trace elements. Oxidation states are highlighted and types of chemical bonding are annotated. The electron energy level chart is explained. Though not all of...